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illegally borne off checker rule

Posted By: Chuck Bower
Date: Saturday, 22 August 2009, at 5:44 p.m.

In Response To: illegally borne off checker rule (Rich Munitz)

In the posted position, the player on roll is in fact eligible to bear off checkers and it was unquestionably his intent to bear off the checker, but I see no ambiguity in the rule....

And I thought Gregg had a temporary circuit disconnect but now I see another rational+reasonable person agrees. (I think Gregg has sinced changed his mind.) Now I'm 100% convinced:

the rule is Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition.

BTW, I'm curious. If this happened in a match you were playing, and assuming the perpetrator (who bore off the checker) was neither a friend nor an enemy of yours, would you accept the legal play and then (if he never bore off any of the remaining 14) accept the gammon?

Messages In This Thread

• illegally borne off checker rule
  Bob Koca -- Thursday, 20 August 2009, at 12:50 p.m.
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    Chiva Tafazzoli -- Thursday, 20 August 2009, at 1:08 p.m.
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      Bob Koca -- Thursday, 20 August 2009, at 1:13 p.m.
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    Gregg Cattanach -- Thursday, 20 August 2009, at 3:19 p.m.
  • Common sense should prevail
    neilkaz -- Thursday, 20 August 2009, at 3:42 p.m.
    • Common sense should prevail
      Gregg Cattanach -- Thursday, 20 August 2009, at 3:49 p.m.
      • Common sense should prevail
        Bob Koca -- Thursday, 20 August 2009, at 4:43 p.m.
    • Common sense should prevail
      Bob Koca -- Thursday, 20 August 2009, at 4:45 p.m.
    • Common sense should prevail
      Chuck Bower -- Thursday, 20 August 2009, at 11:55 p.m.
      • Common sense should prevail
        Gregg Cattanach -- Friday, 21 August 2009, at 12:13 p.m.
        • Common sense should prevail
          Tom Keith -- Friday, 21 August 2009, at 12:53 p.m.
    • Common sense should prevail
      mfic -- Sunday, 6 September 2009, at 11:37 p.m.
  • illegally borne off checker rule
    Jason Lee -- Thursday, 20 August 2009, at 6:18 p.m.
    • illegally borne off checker rule
      Bob Koca -- Thursday, 20 August 2009, at 6:24 p.m.
      • illegally borne off checker rule
        Gregg Cattanach -- Thursday, 20 August 2009, at 6:34 p.m.
      • illegally borne off checker rule
        Daniel Murphy -- Thursday, 20 August 2009, at 6:58 p.m.
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    Matt Reklaitis -- Thursday, 20 August 2009, at 6:22 p.m.
    • illegally borne off checker rule
      Bob Koca -- Thursday, 20 August 2009, at 6:25 p.m.
      • illegally borne off checker rule
        Matt Reklaitis -- Thursday, 20 August 2009, at 8:01 p.m.
  • illegally borne off checker rule
    Gregg Cattanach -- Thursday, 20 August 2009, at 8:05 p.m.
  • I posed this ??? to some others via email...
    rory -- Thursday, 20 August 2009, at 9:16 p.m.
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    TarHeelFan -- Friday, 21 August 2009, at 12:39 a.m.
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      Steve Mellen -- Friday, 21 August 2009, at 1:11 a.m.
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        Gregg Cattanach -- Friday, 21 August 2009, at 12:10 p.m.
    • illegally borne off checker rule
      Rich Munitz -- Saturday, 22 August 2009, at 12:35 a.m.
      • illegally borne off checker rule
        Chuck Bower -- Saturday, 22 August 2009, at 5:44 p.m.
        • illegally borne off checker rule
          Rich Munitz -- Saturday, 22 August 2009, at 10:37 p.m.
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            Bob Koca -- Saturday, 22 August 2009, at 10:55 p.m.
            • illegally borne off checker rule
              Rich Munitz -- Saturday, 22 August 2009, at 11:19 p.m.
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                Gregg Cattanach -- Monday, 24 August 2009, at 12:39 p.m.
                • illegally borne off checker rule
                  Phil Simborg -- Monday, 24 August 2009, at 2:02 p.m.
                  • illegally borne off checker rule
                    Gregg Cattanach -- Monday, 24 August 2009, at 8:11 p.m.
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                      Tom Keith -- Monday, 24 August 2009, at 8:48 p.m.
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                        Jason Lee -- Tuesday, 25 August 2009, at 12:29 a.m.
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                          Tom Keith -- Tuesday, 25 August 2009, at 6:22 p.m.
                          • illegally borne off checker rule
                            joe freedman -- Tuesday, 25 August 2009, at 9:18 p.m.
                        • illegally borne off checker rule
                          Bob Koca -- Tuesday, 25 August 2009, at 7:24 p.m.
                          • illegally borne off checker rule
                            Chuck Bower -- Wednesday, 26 August 2009, at 9:25 p.m.
                            • illegally borne off checker rule
                              Jason Lee -- Monday, 7 September 2009, at 12:14 a.m.
                  • illegally borne off checker rule
                    Bob Koca -- Monday, 24 August 2009, at 9:45 p.m.
                    • illegally borne off checker rule
                      Chuck Bower -- Tuesday, 25 August 2009, at 1:38 p.m.
                • illegally borne off checker rule
                  Chuck Bower -- Monday, 24 August 2009, at 2:46 p.m.
                  • illegally borne off checker rule
                    Tom Keith -- Monday, 24 August 2009, at 4:37 p.m.
  • illegally borne off checker rule
    Joe Russell -- Monday, 7 September 2009, at 2:06 a.m.
    • illegally borne off checker rule
      Gregg Cattanach -- Tuesday, 8 September 2009, at 2:07 a.m.
    • illegally borne off checker rule
      Chuck Bower -- Tuesday, 8 September 2009, at 4:11 p.m.